Zhao Jun saw everyone speaking out enthusiastically and was very satisfied with their attitude.
We are not afraid that businessmen will make money by doing business, but we are afraid that businessmen will even lose their most basic conscience in order to make money. They say that they are not interested in money, but in fact they will do anything to make money.
This is the case for many capitalists in the West.
Because many Western capitals actually don’t care about the country at all. Under the wave of globalization, their national consciousness has become very indifferent. They feel that as long as they have money, they can’t go anywhere.
Therefore, later generations can often see that once the country experiences some turmoil, domestic capital will flee in large quantities, causing economic collapse.
In fact, both scientists and businessmen should uphold the spirit of "Science and economy have no borders, but the scientific community and businessmen must have countries." If they don’t even love their own country, then why should they be expected to love the world?
"The country needs a capable and responsible government, but at the same time it also needs many responsible and responsible people. Businessmen, scholars, traders, and pawns, as long as they unite, they will be stronger than anything else."
Zhao Jun said to everyone: "So we, the Song Dynasty, will support a group of patriotic businessmen and enjoy some special treatment. For example, they can be exempted from certain taxes, have the right to directly obtain all kinds of goods for sale, and can also do business on the road. They can enjoy all kinds of conveniences. But at the same time, they must also shoulder certain responsibilities."
"What responsibility?"
Someone asked subconsciously. After asking, he was a little frightened and realized that he might have been rash.
But Zhao Jun did not blame him, but said with a smile: "This responsibility is to provide full support when the country is in crisis. For example, even if there is no more negotiation and sales, you must still complete a certain share of transporting grain to the border every year. Even more than others to prove that you are more patriotic."
This is very straightforward. To put it simply, the country can support your business to grow, but you should also shoulder the responsibilities you have to do. In addition to ensuring business conditions and alleviating social conflicts, we must also contribute to the country and share the worries of the war.
Although it would be boring to speak too clearly, in ancient times it was unrealistic to expect everyone to have such a high level of awareness. Therefore, it is better to clarify some things in advance and make them a rigid rule.
"That's natural."
"Whenever the Political Yuan issues an order in the future, we will go all out."
"We will never refuse to work in China to transport grain from now on."
Everyone had already promised with their chests just now, and this time they naturally agreed one by one, saying that there was no problem.
"Okay, now that we've discussed everyone's responsibilities, let's talk about the content of this restructuring."
Zhao Jun took a sip of tea and continued: "I believe you have guessed that this time the government's sales reform is to transfer part of the sales channels, tea farm and salt field operations, processing workshops, government-owned shops, etc. to you .”
Everyone's breathing suddenly became rapid.
At best, this restructuring is called public-private partnership and reorganization of state-owned assets. At worst, it is actually the sale of state-owned assets.
In the Song Dynasty, Quesui was actually a state-run enterprise, but it was still not separated from the government. From sales channels to production locations and processing, it was all purchased by the government. The people who handled it were not employees of state-owned enterprises, but real and high-level people. Officials.
Therefore, compared to the commercial atmosphere, the official atmosphere is stronger. Under such circumstances, corruption is bound to become rampant. These officials only run their own small businesses and are in charge of the country's big business. It would be strange if they were not corrupt.
Zhao Jun must consider reorganizing the government and business operations, learn from the advanced experience of later generations, introduce private enterprises, and encourage the development of private enterprises to better promote the business environment.
"After the transfer, you no longer have to worry about being suppressed by the government or being blocked in the source of goods. And from now on, apart from the government only holding a certain proportion of commercial shares, all other large and small matters will be handled by you yourself, and the management rights will be in In your hands, you are responsible for your own profits and losses.”
Zhao Jun said: "But you should also understand that compared to the private sector, the sites, assets, shops, and authority sold by the government are much larger than you think. If you want to take over, your capital alone is obviously not enough. of."
"How do we take over?"
"This is a good question, so I will divide this part of the assets and auction them at a price. The equity is 100%, and you can get up to 60%. As for whether you will bid together as a joint stock or as a family, that is another matter. "
“If it involves official matters, what should we do if local officials and inspections along the waterway line raise questions?”
someone boldly asked.
"Of course someone will help you solve this problem."
Zhao Jun said with a smile: "After the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is established, the "store book" will no longer be handled by the government, but at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and local industrial and commercial bureaus, and business licenses will be registered."
"Industrial and Commercial Bureau?"
Everyone looked at each other. They had actually heard of this department.
It is the latest department established in Bianliang, but this department has only just been implemented. The specifics of what it manages and what it does are still unknown to the outside world.
"Yes."
Zhao Jun nodded and said: "This department will be responsible for all business in the future, including taxation, operations, inspections, supervision, etc. In the future, from small stores to large merchants, they must have permission from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. If it is a joint venture with the government, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will send When people come here, they will firstly settle the accounts, and secondly, they will also help you solve your officialdom troubles."
In ancient times, there was a business license. Starting from the Han Dynasty, merchants had to obtain government permission to engage in commercial activities. Before the Song Dynasty, merchants had to select a store that could not be changed, and then inspected the goods regularly. After the Song Dynasty, restrictions were relaxed and promoted. business prosperity.
This business license was called a "store book" at the time, and it was basically a license to open a store. Now that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has been established, businessmen are allowed to register companies and form private enterprises.
"What about the specific bidding method?" Tian Chang asked the question he was concerned about and said, "Is it direct bidding?"
"Yes."
Zhao Jun said: "The government will evaluate the current assets for sale, and you will bid for them. The one with the highest price will get it. But the court must hold at least 40% of the shares. After that, I will establish the National Assets Department of the Song Dynasty. These 40% shares It belongs to the state. The remaining 60% of the shares belong to you. You can also set up a trading company to purchase it as a joint venture, and just decide on one person to lead the operation."
Due to its specialization in tea, salt, iron, alum, wine, spices and other items, the Song Dynasty controlled the daily necessities, textiles and alcoholic beverage industries, resulting in its own state-owned industry being extremely huge.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce these days, the total assets of various types of salt farms, tea farms, iron and alumina mines, wineries, etc. have reached hundreds of millions. This does not include government-run stores across the country and "food and tea" "Service", "Brew Service" and other institutional industries.
If they were all sold, just the dozen of them, even if they were already the largest private merchants in Bianliang, would not be enough to buy it all together.
So it can only be sold separately.
And a small part of it will be sold, and most of the state-owned assets will be temporarily retained for a gradual transition in the future.
It can be said that this time it is just a pilot project to allow Bianliang businessmen to participate in state-owned enterprises.
After the pilot is successful in the future, the scope will be expanded to the whole country, and the state-run institutions throughout the Song Dynasty will be dismantled, and the entire government-run reform will be completed.
Although this seems to be selling state-owned assets, the current state-owned assets themselves are already a burden, and selling them is not a bad thing.
When the economic environment improves in the future, we will follow the example of later generations and establish a directly operated department completely controlled by the state.
In this way, private enterprises and state-owned enterprises take the lead in joint ventures, while promoting the vigorous development of private enterprises and guiding the correct operation of state-owned enterprises.
When the right time comes and capitalism enters its embryonic stage, Zhao Jun can formally promote steam engine reform and enter the steam age.
In addition, a lot of preparation can be made before this, such as improving spinning machines, promoting cotton cultivation, looking for silver inflows, etc.
As for the current abundant human resources, there is no need to worry about the problem that businessmen have no motivation to reform steam engines.
Firstly, there are official promoters, and secondly, when Europe and the United States entered the steam age in history, there were also black people working as slaves, but they also entered the steam age.
Having demand means having motivation. When something like capital really works, it can only move forward. What the court needs to do is to put a tight spell on its head when it develops fiercely.
After hearing the plan given by Zhao Jun, the more than ten businessmen below each found their familiar friends and began to discuss in low voices.
To put it simply, this restructuring means that the imperial court took out part of the state-owned operating rights and packaged them and sold them to them.
However, the overall state-owned operation is still too huge, and they will definitely not be able to bear it, so the state-owned departments of Bianliang, including the operating rights of one or two tea mountains, salt fields, mines, and wineries, as well as the shops and channels in Bianliang, are sold to them.
They can form a group to eat it, or if they have strong funds, they can also bid for it individually. For example, in terms of tea, a tea farm, tea shop, and tea processing factory are directly handed over to the businessman, and they are packaged and taken away in one package.
The prerequisite is that the state must hold 40% of the shares. This share will not interfere with their business, and they will be solely responsible for their own profits and losses.
At the same time, since the imperial court has 40% of the shares, it will also help them deal with the deliberate difficulties in the officialdom. As long as it is reasonable and legal, then they will no longer be subject to the previous restrictions on business and local government if they want to do business in the future.
This is obviously a good thing for them.
Because when they were suppressed, their upper limit was to have assets of one million yuan. Now not only is there no suppression, but also no longer like before, you can only receive a certain share of commodity management rights every year.
As a result, there is no upper limit for their operations, and the source of goods is no longer as constant as before. As long as they are managed properly, it will be a matter of time before their assets exceed one million yuan.
After understanding this, everyone no longer hesitated and immediately said to Zhao Jun: "We all rely on the Zhiyuan to make the decision!"
"good."
Zhao Jun nodded and said: "During this period, you go back and take care of your housework and see how much money you can come up with. Prime Minister Li will be in charge of the bidding. You go back and wait for notification."
"Thank you Chiyuan!"
Everyone stood up one after another and bowed their hands.
All walks of life are involved this time, and Bianliang Quesui is estimated to be worth tens of millions or nearly billions. Even if they are rich, they will definitely not be able to spend so much money to afford it.
So I definitely have to go back and discuss it. Then we can see if we can bring friends in or form a group ourselves. That is another matter.
The description of capitalists in the previous chapter is definitely biased, because not every capitalist is evil, but at least the current image of capitalists in society is definitely negative, and everyone probably knows what this means.
I've been having some mental problems lately and I'm under a lot of pressure. Even when I write, I definitely write without thinking about it. So far, there aren't any major flaws or serious flaws, so I'm satisfied for the time being. If there's anything missing, It would be best for everyone to point it out and give me some revision suggestions, because in my own mental state, I probably can’t think that much. At least I don’t know how to revise the last chapter.
In addition, the group was reported and blocked, and they were told not to comment on politics, but if they didn't listen, I couldn't make a comment. If I don't commit suicide, I won't die. It has harmed my group. I'm really speechless.
(End of chapter)
